Driver / Mental Health Tech PRN
About The Position
This PRN/Per Diem position combines Mental Health Technician duties with transportation for outpatient services. The Outpatient Mental Health Tech provides direct patient care and transportation to patients with emotional or psychiatric disorders, supports the therapeutic milieu, and helps ensure patients’ safety and well-being. The role includes supporting treatment plans, monitoring and communicating patient progress and behavior, maintaining communication with patients, families, and referral sources, and co-facilitating educational and community groups in the adolescent treatment program. The position supervises patients during treatment activities and transport, helps maintain behavior-management approaches and a safe therapeutic environment, assists with activities of daily living as appropriate to each patient’s plan and needs, and performs nursing assistance under the supervision of the nurse in charge. The role also includes patient orientation, documentation, clerical and administrative support, transportation-related reporting, and vehicle cleaning and servicing. Employees are expected to support professional development and uphold the organization’s ethics and customer-service standards. Other related duties may be assigned to meet the hospital’s ongoing needs.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent preferred.
- Healthcare-environment experience preferred.
- Valid Texas driver license.
- Good driving record and knowledge of driving safety rules.
- Obtain and maintain approved CPR certification before assuming patient-care responsibility.
- Successfully complete Management of Assaultive Behavior training, including restraint and seclusion policies, before assuming patient-care responsibility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a healthcare environment.
Responsibilities
- Participate in patients’ treatment plans by monitoring progress and communicating behavioral information to the treatment team.
- Maintain communication with patients, family members, and referral sources in patients’ interests.
- Co-facilitate educational and community groups within the adolescent treatment program and encourage patient participation in therapeutic activities.
- Supervise patients to support their safety and involvement in treatment, including during transport.
- Help maintain the therapeutic milieu and enforce the level system or other behavior-management methods.
- Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation.
- Orient new patients to the unit, program, and milieu.
- Carry out general nursing assistance as assigned and supervised by the nurse in charge.
- Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living when consistent with their treatment plans, needs, age, and developmental level.
- Perform clerical and administrative assignments supporting patient care and department and hospital operations.
- Transport patients by van or bus between the hospital and other locations for special activities.
- Complete required transportation reports.
- Clean and service the vehicle, including maintaining fuel, lubricants, and accessories.
- Participate in activities that enhance professional growth and development.
- Uphold the organization’s ethics and customer-service standards.
- Perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital.
Benefits
- Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverage, company-paid disability, a 401(k), and a generous amount of paid time off.
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Education Level
High school or GED
